Happy Easter!
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> WOLF SCHUMACHER
> Director
> RewardSuper Pty Ltd
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- Posted from Rose Bay, Australia
Responding and adapting to new uses of the web
Posted by Wolf Schumacher
St Patricks day today
was too shy to write something rude.
So he went to a shrink,
And what do you think?
He writes them all day in the nude! (Author: Don Nixon)
In the Eye of the Storm
While the dark clouds of doom gather over the desktop accounting world, Xero has positioned itself as the solution of choice for the savvy accountant looking to provide real time assistance to the small business owner. Certainly, this is proving to be a perfect storm for Xero as MYOB reels on the ropes and the great names of the accounting world like Rob Nixon blog & tweet the benefits of cloud accounting.
Over four weeks, the Xero road show has rolled around the country like a Juggernaut with a cast of stars such as ‘Shiny Shoes’, Wayne Schmidt and ‘Cool Dude’, Chris Ridd, wooing the crowds with a mix of charismatic performances, fine food and insights into how a single online ledger shared by the client and their accountant makes perfect sense.
From city to city, accountants and bookkeepers showed up in their droves, not as cold prospects but as ‘born again’ cloud converts ready to spread the new doctrine amongst their compatriots and clients.
Xero is now at the tipping point where it could potentially own the small business online accounting space and they have time on their side with a growing stable of partners (including RewardSuper) offering complimentary services via the Xero API. Certainly the ecosystem is the name of the game and the legacy players in the Australian small business and intermediary accounting space will have a mighty task catching Xero now.
See the pictures, 400+ accountants & bookkeepers at the Melbourne Xero road show -
NOTE: If you are using an iPad reading this and don't see the Flickr photos below, switch to the iSwifter browser, which can display Flickr photos and Flash videos. Safari and most other browsers on the iPad don't support these formats. Get iSwifter in the appstore.Authored by Andrew Noble, Founder of LodgeIT & Xero Tax Lodgement Partner
Want to lodge tax forms prefilled with your Xero data ? – Sign up & try our Beta system - http://www.lodgeit.net.au
New Google Privacy Policy
Google is a huge online data repository. Everything Google users do (search and browsing) is being recorded, kept for eternity and used for advertisement and research.
Recently Google upgraded their privacy policy and among other things now allow users to delete their complete web history. In order to utilise this facility, just sign in to your Google account and select "Clear your Google Web History".
TIP: If you don't want your browsing monitored and recorded, deploy the Google Chrome browser and operate it in incognito mode. A similar feature exists with the Diigo browser on the iPad.
Posted by Wolf Schumacher
Ways to better listening
Recently we came across a blog by Riitta Raesmaa, an exceptional Finish startup entrepreneur. One of her excellent blog entries was all about good listening and its important role for business life. We all know from our daily experiences, how important it is not to talk all the time, but to listen to what others have to say. We may learn a thing or two :-)
Riita introduced Julian Treasure to us. Julian's surname perfectly describes what he represents for the world of sound - Julian is an expert for sound and listening. Watch and listen to what he has to say about ways to better listening.
Enjoy!
Posted by Wolf Schumacher
What's wrong with this Chinese character?
Kathryn Schulz is a prolific author, journalist and a very entertaining public speaker. Her current favorite themes are Wrongness and Regret. As a "Wrongologist" Kathy reminds us that we should not try to be faultless all the time, but embrace being wrong as a way to gain insight into better ways how to lead our working and private lives. She's even written a book about "Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error"
Just right at the beginning of the silly season, watch this insightful TED video with Kathryn Schulz, in which a "Chinese character" plays a funny role.
Many thanks Kathryn for allowing us to share your great TED speech with the readers of our Blog!
Enjoy!
Posted by Wolf Schumacher
Challenges and outlook for Australian business applications in the cloud
Recently, Computerworld Australia, the face of Australian IT, published a range of videos regarding the "Australian Cloud", presented by prominent Australian IT identities.
In this blog post we present two selected videos, which we believe are worthwhile to be watched by business people interested in "Software as a Service" (SaaS) and the future of Cloud computing in Australia. Enjoy!
First video: Provides an overview of SaaS, the application side of Cloud computing, and its importance for Australian businesses.
Second video: Challenges and outlook Cloud computing is facing in Australia.
Disclaimer: RSDataWeb is a SaaS application for Australian accounting and advice businesses, developed and hosted in Australia.
Posted by Wolf Schumacher
Using Ensemble to integrate disparate application systems
We have been InterSystems partners for a number of years and tremendously enjoy the reliability, powerful features and excellent support of its software products for developers, most notably the Caché object data base and developing environment, as well as Ensemble, its powerful integration platform.
With this post we make the readers of our blog aware of the unique capabilities Ensemble holds for integrating disparate systems. While Ensemble is known for being heavily deployed in the medical space, we use it successfully for building composite applications in the Cloud for other industries, such as Financial Services and Accounting.
Enjoy both videos:
First video: Paul Grabscheidt from InterSystems Corp explains why Ensemble is the better Integration platform for composite applications:
Second video: Joe de Santis from InterSystems Corp demonstrates key features of Ensemble for building composite applications:
Posted by Wolf Schumacher
Financial Planners look to lower costs, lift efficiency using Cloud computing
The Australian Financial Review published a very interesting article in their print edition today. Among other industry pundits, this leading Australian business daily interviewed Wolf Schumacher, the Director of RewardSuper.
Read what Wolf and other experts had to say about Cloud Computing as used by the Australian Financial Planning profession:
- Cloud computing leads to a whole pile of servers in offices becoming redundant.
- The industry wants an online service that will allow planners to outsource administration tasks such as data entry,
- Security issues are of concern to some firms.
- Planners want better integration of professional software with investment platforms.
Posted by Wolf Schumacher
